SasseyLynn

Child of God saved by Jesus, Wife, Mother of 5 (teenagers) +3 Fur Babies (Lab & Maltipoo, Orange Tabby), Aunt of 10, Friend to many! Army Vet (Combat Medic), SAHM, Designer (Web & Graphics), Gamer.

I have been pen-palling and swapping for a few years and love discovering all the new ways people come up with to be creative and reading what others want to share about themselves.

My rating goal: When I'm active, I rate as soon as I receive your mail. Over the years, I have found that sometimes I need a break and just have to step away (not often). If this is the case I will rate anything that comes in during the first month after I go inactive as soon as I receive it. If a good bit of mail comes in after that, I will rate it as soon as I return.

My swapping promise! I will never flake. If I sign up for a swap, I send that mail! If you do not receive yours in a reasonable time, please let me know, and I'll send you a replacement swap and/or photos of the one I sent. Over the years, I have found sometimes I need a break and just have to step away (not often). If this is the case I will still send ALL swaps I have signed up for before going inactive.

Favorites:

Colors:

Orange, Coral, Pink, Red, Gold

Color Themes:

Orange, Blue, and Green; Coral, Teal, and Beige

Season:

Autumn, Spring in 2nd

Flower:

Calla Lily

Themes:

Boho, Cottagecore, Cactus, Botanicals, Vintage, Medieval, Gardening, Classy, Geometric, Christmas (think gingerbread and plaid or kraft paper style), Fall...

Paper:

Dot grid, College Ruled

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Foods:

• Chips and Queso, pretty much all varieties
• Pizza
• Buffalo Chicken Dip
• Sausage Balls
• Chicken Fried Steak & Chicken
• Dark Chocolate
• Peanut Brittle

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Drinks:

Tea

• Tazo Joy
• BOH Ginger & Lime.
• Black Teas are my go to
• Oolong Tea
• Dislike Mint and Matcha

Alcohol

• Vegas Bomb Drink
• Rum Punch varieties
• Wine

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Games:

• Minecraft
• Boggle
• Chess
• Texas Holdem
• Skipbo and Phase 10
• Rummy & Rummikub
• Cornhole
• Volleyball

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Hobbies:

• Journaling
• Penpalling
• Reading
• Crafting!
• Skating
• Hiking
• Swimming

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Kid:

Haha! Almost got me!

Share with Me / Recommend:

• Art
• Music
• Books/Authors
• Jokes
• Quotes
• Poetry
• Short Stories
• Photos
• Places to Go
• Testimonies!

Dislikes:

• Anything Satanic, Demonic, Wicca
• Witchcraft, Devining, (in worship, religious, or belief sense... fiction is okay) I don't mind Halloween for instance (though I don't celebrate it anymore), and I do enjoy Harry Potter and Anne Rice books, but things like reading palms and casting spells for this or that, tracking horoscopes and tarot cards don't interest me.
• If you would like to write about your story or experiences with any of the above and/or would like me to share my story I am 100% open to having those conversations so long as we both enter into the convo with the intent of learning and being kind! 😍

I love anything creative and see art in everything. I never know which medium will grab my attention each day, but I always try to have fun with it!

Some that I enjoy most would be:

All Papercrafts (scrapbooking; DIY ephemera, bookmarks, tags; flipbooks of all varieties, paper weaving, origami, decoupage...)

Bookbinding

Crocheting & Cross Stitch

Sewing (I'm a newbie with this one but have done a few projects I am happy with)

Calligraphy & Hand Lettering

Sketching, drawing, zentangles, doodling, digital art, painting (watercolor, gouache, acrylics), sculpting

Jewelry making, wood earring painting, dangle making, glitter and sequin shakers,

Stamping and stamp carving (newbie at making my own stamps but its a lot of fun)

Cardboard crafts & Carpentry... I like to make small and large furniture and storage pieces. Some I have done include:

• Foam board: pen organizer for a cube shelving unit to organize my obnoxious pen/marker collection...

• Wood: lazy susan organizers, kitchen drawer organizers...

• Cardboard: DIY boxes, slotted boxes with back flaps, DIY book covers, DIY binders, DIY organizers...

Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

--- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and does not do it.

--- James 4:7

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.

--- 1 Peter 4:10

But to you who are listening I say, love your enemies; do good to those who hate you.

--- Luke 6:27

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is God's gift - not from works, so that no one can boast.

--- Ephesians 2:8-9

Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.

--- Albert Einstein

"Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching."

--- C.S. Lewis

Doubt is part of the process.

--- Unknown

"A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor."

--- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Can't never could, but you can!"

--- Me (to my children everything they say "can't")

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

--- C.S. Lewis

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

--- Bruce Lee

Bible

Own Your Life by Sally Clarkson (and many other of her books)

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (and many other of his classics)

Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Host by Stephanie Myers

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Maze Runner series by James Dashner

Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

Carve the Mark series by Veronica Roth

Year One series by Nora Roberts

Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

Legend series by Marie Lu

..... and many others!

A --- acrylic storage, adventure, animals, atcs, Autumn, axolotls,

B --- babies' breath, barrels, baskets, beach, bees, berries, Bibles, bikes, bookmarks, book pages (in all languages), books, botanicals, buildings, button pins,

C --- cactus, calla lily, candles, cheese, chevrolet, chess, chocolate (dark), Christmas, clips, colorado, cotton plant, crosses, cups,

D --- dangles, die cuts, dimensional stickers, doodles, dogs, dresses, dried flowers,

E --- earrings, Easter, elephants, envelope art, essential oils,

F --- family, fiji water, flip books, flowers, foxes,

G --- geometric, glitter, God, gold,

H --- handmade, hammocks, happy mail, harry potter, hobby lobby, Holy Spirit,

I --- inkpads, inks, interesting facts,

J --- Jesus, john deer, jokes, journals,

K --- karate, kayaks, kentucky, keys, knit,

L --- landscapes, lighthouses, lions, long letters,

M --- magnets, maps, markers, mascara, mason jars, minecraft, music,

N --- notebooks,

O --- orange, origami, owls,

P --- paint, paint brushes, paper clips, pencils, penpals, pens, piano, pictures, planters, pioneer woman, pocket letters, poetry, popcorn, postcards, prayer cards, punches,

Q --- quilts, quotes,

R --- raccoons, rain, recipes, ribbon, rose gold,

S --- Scripture, scrunchies, seashells, sequins, skates, stamping, stamps, starry nights, stencils, stickers, succulents, sudoku, sunrises, sunsets,

T --- tea, tea cups, testimonies, thunderstorms, tissue paper, tote bags, trails, travel,

U --- umbrellas,

V --- vineyards, violin,

W --- washi tape, watercolor, wine, word games,

X ---

Y --- youtube,

Z --- zentangles, zines,

IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER...

Christian/Gospel

• I Speak Jesus and Endless Praise by Charity Gayle
• Even Then by Micah Tyler
• My God Fights for Me by Charity Gayle, Micah Tyler, and Kaden Slay
• 10000 Reasons by Matt Redman
• Even If by Mercy Me
• Whom Shall I Fear by Chris Tomlin
• Give My Love Away and Nothing Wasted by Laura Meadows
• Scars by I Am They
• Face to Face by Mat Kearney
• Keep Me In The Moment by Jeremy Camp
• Don't Tread On Me by We The Kingdom
• John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 by Keith Urban
• Run by OneRepublic
• We Goin' Be Alright by Tye Tribbett
• Weary Traveler by Jordan St. Cyr
• Nobody by Casting Crowns feat Matthew West
• Head Above Water by Avril Lavigne
• I Trust You by Jonathan Traylor
• Cornerstone, Scars, I Just Need U and Help Is On The Way by Toby Mac
• Brighter Days by Blessing Offor
• Good God Almighty by Crowder
• House Of The Lord and Battle Belongs by Phil Wickham

Instrumental

• Lindsey Stirling: Transcendence, Crystallize, Artemis, The Phoenix, Master of Tides, The Arena,
• Unspoken by Ian Wong
• Fade Into Darkness by Avicii
• Faded by Alan Walker
• Misty Mountains by David Arkenstone
• Alejandro by Vitamin String Quartet
• Heathens by Simply Three
• First Harvest by Informant
• Center of Gravity by Pjutureprimitive
• Blessed by Josh Vietti

Pop Rock/EDM/Funk

• Addicted by Saving Abel
• Cassie by Flyleaf
• Radioactive, Thunder and Demons by Imagine Dragons
• Paralyzer by Finger Eleven
• Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
• Counting Stars by One Republic
• Stressed Out by Twenty-One Pilots
• First Date by Blink 182
• Father Of Mine by Everclear
• Real World and 3 AM by Matchbox Twenty
• Here Is Gone by The Goo Goo Dolls
• B!tch by Meredith Brooks
• Psycho by Puddle of Mud
• Californication and Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Clocks by Coldplay
• Promises by Nero feat Skrillex
• Beast of Burden by The Rolling Stones
• Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars
• Fighter by Christina Aguilera
• Cruise by Florida Georgia Line
• Pompeii by Bastille

Rock/Hard Rock

• Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• I Hate Everything About You and It's All Over by Three Days Grace
• Cold by Crossfade
• Fake It and Breakdown by Seether
• I Will Not Bow, Evil Angel, and The Diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin
• Bodies by Drowning Pool
• Last Resort by Papa Roach
• Me and Mary Jane by Black Stone Cherry
• Sweet Home Alabama and Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynard
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and Thunderstruck by ACDC
• My Sacrifice by Creed
• Take Me To Church by Hozier
• Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
• Renegades by X Ambassadors
• Love Don't Die by The Fray
• Call Me When Your Sober and Wake Me Up by Evanescence

Folk/Rock

• Come Away To The Water by Maroon 5 feat Rozzi Crane
• The Hanging Tree by James Newton Howard feat Jennifer Lawrence
• Silhouettes by Monsters and Men
• Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
• I See Fire by Ed Sheeran
• Arms Of A Woman by Amos Lee
• I Am Yours by Tracy Chapman
• House of the Rising Sun and Lullaby of Woe by Peter Hollens
• Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Country

• The Champion by Carrie Underwood feat Ludacris
• Country Must Be Country Wide and Kick It In The Sticks by Brantley Gilbert
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band
• Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson
• Don't Take The Girl by Tim McGraw
• Amarillo By Morning by George Strait
• Fancy by Reba McEntire
• God's Country by Blake Shelton
• Champagne Night by Lady A
• You Make It Easy and Dirt Road Anthem by Jason Aldean
• Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter

Rap/R&B/HipHop

• Human by Rag' n' Bone Man
• Tha Crossroads and Thuggish Ruggish Bone by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• Forgot About Dre by Dr. Dre feat Eminem
• All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor
• Hideaway by Kiesza
• Sway by Luis Fonsi